Biography
Effective light comedian of '30s and '40s films and '50s and '60s TV series, Robert Cummings was renowned for his eternally youthful looks (which he attributed to a strict vitamin and health-food diet). He was educated at Carnegie Tech and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Deciding that Broadway producers would be more interested in an upper-crust Englishman than a kid from Joplin, Missouri, Cummings passed himself off as Blade Stanhope Conway, British actor. The ploy was successful. Cummings decided that if it worked on Broadway, it would work in Hollywood, so he journeyed west and assumed the identity of a rich Texan named Bruce Hutchens. The plan worked once more, and he began securing small parts in films. He soon reverted to his real name and became a popular leading man in light comedies, usually playing well-meaning, pleasant but somewhat bumbling young men. He achieved much more success, however, in his own television series in the '50s, The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and My Living Doll (1964).
Cummings was born June 10, 1910, in Joplin, Missouri, and he died of kidney failure December 2, 1990, in Woodland Hills, California. He is interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Sanctity.
Filmography
all 124
Movies 89
TV Shows 35
self 23
Screenplay 1
Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic (2007)
Paul Henning & The HIllbillies (2005)
Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years (2005)
Hitchcock and Dial M (2004)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990)
Walt Disney World 15th Anniversary (1986)
Three on a Date (1978)
The Love Boat (1977)
Partners in Crime (1973)
The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
The Good Life (1971)
Arnie (1970)
Gidget Grows Up (1969)
Love, American Style (1969)
Here's Lucy (1968)
Five Golden Dragons (1967)
Stagecoach (1966)
Promise Her Anything (1966)
Green Acres (1965)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
My Living Doll (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
The Hollywood Palace (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
The Great Adventure (1963)
Beach Party (1963)
Holiday Time at Disneyland (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
My Geisha (1962)
The New Bob Cummings Show (1961)
Gala Day at Disneyland (1960)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1960)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Disneyland '59 (1959)
Bomber's Moon (1958)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
How To Be Very, Very Popular (1955)
Disneyland's Opening Day Broadcast (1955)
The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland (1955)
The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
The Elgin Hour (1954)
Twelve Angry Men (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Lucky Me (1954)
Marry Me Again (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
My Hero (1952)
Art Linkletter's House Party (1952)
The First Time (1952)
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
The Petty Girl (1950)
The Bob Hope Show (1950)
Your Show of Shows (1950)
Paid in Full (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
Free For All (1949)
Reign of Terror (1949)
The Accused (1949)
Let's Live a Little (1948)
Studio One (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Sleep, My Love (1948)
The Lost Moment (1947)
Heaven Only Knows (1947)
The Chase (1946)
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
You Came Along (1945)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Princess O'Rourke (1943)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
Between Us Girls (1942)
Saboteur (1942)
Kings Row (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Moon Over Miami (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Free and Easy (1941)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Spring Parade (1940)
Private Affairs (1940)
And One Was Beautiful (1940)
Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Rio (1939)
The Under-Pup (1939)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
I Stand Accused (1938)
The Texans (1938)
Touchdown, Army (1938)
You and Me (1938)
College Swing (1938)
Wells Fargo (1937)
Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
Souls at Sea (1937)
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
Arizona Mahoney (1936)
Hideaway Girl (1936)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
Three Cheers for Love (1936)
Border Flight (1936)
Desert Gold (1936)
So Red the Rose (1935)
Millions in the Air (1935)
The Virginia Judge (1935)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Seasoned Greetings (1933)
Romeo and Juliet (1916)
The Tracking of a Russian Spy
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1910-06-09
Deathday1990-12-02 (80 years old)
Birth NameCharles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings
Birth PlaceJoplin, United States of America
Height177-centimeter
Relationshipshttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/df15cfe177de403ac53c1009246f4d93 (1945-01-01 - 1970-01-01), Vivi Janiss (1933-01-01 - 1945-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/7e7a7485da3c667d90f5a119caebcd47 (1931-01-01 - 1933-01-01), http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b5f49e3cbac627a4b29b48e90145e007, http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b1b2f805ac3c7598c6f309128b2a93b2 (1971-01-01 - 1987-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCharles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings, Bob Cummings, Blade Stanhope Conway, Bruce Hutchens, Роберт Каммингс, Bryce Hutchens
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Aberconway Medal, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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